Can We Hear Shapes? | Infinite Series | PBS Digital Studios

2016-12-22

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Mathematician Mark Kac asked the question “Can we hear the shape of a drum?” It was a question that took over 20 years to answer. Sine waves, fundamental frequencies, eigenvalues, this episode has got it all!

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